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វគ្គថ្មីបំផុតរបស់ ក្មេងប្រុសនេះ was yet another terrific entry in what has been one of the show’s strongest seasons.

I actually found the scenes with Black Noir more interesting than last week’s much-ballyhooed ‘Herogasm’ superhero orgy. Sure, that was plenty gross and ក្មេងប្រុសនេះ at its edgiest, but sometimes I prefer this show when it goes off the rails in less overtly X-rated ways.

Such was the case with Black Noir in Season 3, Episode 7 ‘Here Comes a Candle to Light You to Bed’. The whole episode was dense with fascinating tidbits including—spoilers!—the surprise twist that Soldier Boy is actually Homelander’s dad (by way of sperm donation). That will certainly throw a wrench in Butcher and Hughie’s plans to have Soldier Boy help them kill Homelander, though I guess you never really know with these psycho supes.

But the best part of the episode for me was watching Black Noir in his new hideout, a children’s pizza restaurant called Buster Beaver’s Pizza. Amazon released a fake ad for this kid-friendly eatery back in February (as Vought International):

It’s basically the Chuck E. Cheese of ក្មេងប្រុសនេះ universe, and it seemed like just another weird joke when this came out. Turns out that these fictional characters are actually a big part of the show, and of the always silent Black Noir’s inner child.

Really, it turns out that Black Noir is constantly surrounded by these animated characters. They talk to him constantly, not just during these scenes. We’re just finally privy to the supe’s inner dialogue. He has constant companions that just happen to be adorable cartoon animals.

In Episode 7, they work through Black Noir’s history with Soldier Boy and reveal what a violent bully he was to Black Noir, giving Noir a reason to work with Edgar and the rest of the Payback team to betray Soldier Boy and hand him over to the Russians. We also learn why he’s so terrified of his former leader.

Homelander, on the other hand, has never been a violent bully to Black Noir, which explains his loyalty to the new man in charge despite Homelander’s obvious evil tendencies.

In any case, there’s a very brief post-credits scene that once again features these adorable little critters and while it’s literally just a couple seconds long I figure many people probably missed it and if you, like me, enjoyed these Black Noir scenes you might want to check it out.

ស្ពាយមុខ។

If you don’t want to go to the bother of firing up the episode again and fast-forwarding through the credits, I can explain what happens here. It’s not much!

Basically, the entire cast of animated cartoon animals heads out on stage holding hands and gives a bow. It’s just a curtain call, but it’s kind of a fun little Easter Egg.